At least 10 people have been killed in a huge explosion in the Lebanese capital Beirut, officials have said. The country’s health minister Hamad Hasan also told local news station LBC that there are a “high number of injuries” and the blast had caused extensive damage. Footage shows the moment a building several storeys high
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Baby A is less than an hour old and already on Turkey’s pandemic risk list. She’s whisked away by two nurses in hazmat suits for her own safety – and for theirs. She is a rare thing – a baby born to a woman with coronavirus. Her mother, who has just given birth to her,
North Korea has “probably developed miniaturised nuclear devices to fit into the warheads of its ballistic missile”, according to a confidential UN report. It says several unidentified countries believe North Korea’s past six nuclear tests have likely helped it to develop such a capability. An interim version of the report – by an independent panel
Former Pope Benedict XVI is ill with shingles after returning to the Vatican from a visit to Germany, a newspaper citing his biographer has reported. The 93-year-old retired pontiff has become very frail and his voice is barely audible, author Peter Seewald told German daily Passauer Neue Presse. However, German-born Benedict met with Mr Seewald
The cameraman was filming from a distance, through the dust-covered window of a car, but he managed to capture the scene before him. A policeman and a soldier centred on a pair of local residents in a township in Harare, taking wild swings with their batons. The image was shocking and the message was clear
South Africa has confirmed more than 500,000 coronavirus cases, as the number of infections in the African continent climbs towards one million. The country reported a daily rise of 10,107 new COVID-19 infections. This brings the total to 503,290 – the fifth-highest worldwide, behind the US, Brazil, India and Russia, according to Johns Hopkins University
Lockdown restrictions were eased too quickly and now “severe measures” may be required to quell a second wave, according to the governor of Belgium’s worst-affected province. Cathy Berx, who oversees Antwerp province, told Sky News that she could “understand the fear” of a return to a full lockdown, but said that the virus was now
Elections for Hong Kong’s parliament – previously scheduled for September 2020 – will be postponed due to a spike in coronavirus cases. Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam said the election will now be held on 5 September 2021, and the decision is aimed at “safeguarding people’s health”. She said it was the “hardest choice”
This isn’t how Mrs Lee imagined her middle age in Hong Kong: doing an anonymous interview, using a pseudonym, as she prepares to leave her home. “I am a traditional Hong Konger,” she tells Sky News. “I believe there ought to be justice.” “I’m not young. I’m 48 and my husband is in his fifties.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he is taking antibiotics for an infection that left him feeling weak – having spent weeks in isolation after catching coronavirus. He appeared during a live broadcast and chuckled as he told viewers that he had “mould” in his lungs. The leader said: “I just did a blood test. I
COVID-19 has infected millions around the world since emerging in China late last year, claiming the lives of more than 660,000 people and changing our way of life for some time to come. Now, fears of a second wave of coronavirus are growing in many nations. Here, Sky News’ foreign correspondents across Asia, the US,
It’s a familiar sight at Nigambodh Ghat, Delhi’s largest Hindu crematorium. A section of it carved out just for COVID-19-related deaths. Hurried last rites performed on a 65-year-old man who succumbed to the virus this morning. His loved ones have to bid a distant and hurried farewell – everyone deprived of a traditional ritual.
Muslims wearing face masks and socially distancing have started arriving in Mecca for a dramatically scaled-down Hajj pilgrimage in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Some 2.5 million pilgrims usually visit the Saudi Arabian cities of Mecca and Medina for the week-long ritual – a once-in-a-lifetime duty for every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it.
Iran has launched ballistic missiles from underground bases at a mock-up of a US aircraft carrier in the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state television has said. The US navy called Wednesday’s action “irresponsible and reckless”, accusing Tehran of trying to “intimidate and coerce”. Drone footage captured by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard showed two missiles
Germany has become a key target for Chinese and Russian interference and influence, putting Europe’s largest economy on the “frontline of a new Cold War”, a study has said. Poor relations between US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have exacerbated Berlin’s sense of exposure to potential dangers from Beijing and Moscow, according
The UK – having imposed new restrictions on those returning from Spain, and previously introduced its first local lockdown in Leicester – is far from the only country to have had to respond to resurging coronavirus infection rates. Below are some of the countries that have toughened their rules as a result of an increase